New working day of Aragonese technicians at the National Museum of Art of Catalonia, MNAC and new controversies with the wall paintings of Sijena. From the government of Aragon They have denounced “the lack of predisposition” of the Generalitat by not yet facilitating the required information on the wall and profane paintings and denying the sampling of the paintings that the Aragonese technicians had requested. From the MNAC they have indicated that these samples must be requested through the Court.
He has been the president of the Government of Aragon, Jorge Azcón, who has branded “incomprehensible” the lack of collaboration in the balance of the two years of his legislature. “Throughout these two days, Aragonese technicians have found resistance and lack of collaboration. I think it is incomprehensible that the president of the Generalitat offered collaboration and that reality is leaving him badly. MNAC technicians are demonstrating the lack of collaboration and predisposition so that the paintings return to the legitimate owners,” he said.
The schedule of the return of the mural paintings to the monastery of Sijena has started this week with the works that Aragonese technicians are doing in rooms 16 and 17. This Monday the photogrammetric lifting works ended in this last room with the profane paintings and today the scanning and photogrammetry of the murals are being continued. The scanning allows to obtain geometry, measures, and the texture of the works, while photogrammetry provides information about real color. Photogrammetry is a slow process. They have already done it in the southern wall and are now doing it in the second arch, all with the room closed to the public and empty of exhibition content.
The Supreme Judgment issued that the wall paintings had to return to Sijena in 7 months. In this regard, Azcón has recognized that “this year will be remembered as the recovery of one of the most important heritage works owned by the Aragonese, such as Sijena’s assets.”
He has also criticized that “in the face of the constructive mood of the workers of the Government of Aragon” there are “incomprehensible resistances.” “The officials who are trying that the paintings can return home are not having the collaboration of the MNAC. The logical thing is that we condemn and denounce it,” he concluded.
